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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Humid, No Breeze

Organ Mountains
All hikers were in agreement this morning:  it felt awful out there.  The humidity was high, the sun was blazing, and there was no breeze.  We were happy to get the trek over today.

Nevertheless, the desert was beautiful.  Barrel Cacti are still blooming, and there was a dearth of ants at the various places we stopped for shade and water.

Willow and Frio

Was that thunder?

This & next 5:  roll out the barrels (cacti, that is)






Frio and Willow

The "O"s and Dr. K

Tortugas and the Organs (phone pic)

 

1 comment:

Dr. K said...

I love that second photo of the Barrel cactus flowers.

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